Daniel Sturridge has been banned from football for two weeks and fined £75,000 for breaching the Football Association’s regulations on gambling.
The former Liverpool striker, who left Anfield this summer and is currently looking for a new club, had four weeks of a six-week ban suspended, meaning he is free to play again from 31 July.
Eleven charges were brought against Sturridge to an independent commission, nine of which were dismissed.
However, Sturridge was found to have breached FA rules in two charges which alleged that during the January 2018 transfer window the striker instructed his brother, Leon, to bet on his possible transfer to Sevilla, providing him with inside information – although he never moved to the La Liga club.
In a statement, the FA said it would appeal against the commission’s findings and the sanction imposed.
The FA said: “The FA submitted that a sporting sanction is the only realistic outcome in the case and a sanction of any shorter duration than six months would wholly fail to reflect the gravity of the case.”
